Lunatics Radio Hour: The History of Horror

This week, Abby and Alan dive into the folklore behind horror’s most contagious curses, from The Ring to Smile to It Follows.
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Sources
BBC article by Quinn Hargitai: The Strange Power of The Evil Eye
A psmag.com article on The Aye-Aye and The Finger of Death by Jason Bittel
Collider article by Gabrielle Grady: The Ring is Based on A Haunting Ghost Story
The Evil Eye: The Classic Account of an Ancient Superstition by Frederick Thomas Elworthy.
Yale Tropical Resource Institute Article by Eleanor Sterling, PhD Candidate: The Aye-Aye Lemur of Madagascar: Feeding Ecology, Social Behavior, and Microhabitat
James George Frazer in The Golden Bough
An Anthropology Review article by Claudine Casser: Contagious Magic - Items that have been in contact, remain connected 
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This week, Abby is joined by Alex Goleman for a double feature of eerie campfire tales, the kind that feel a little too real once the lights go out.
“Only The Dead” by Marisca Pichette and “Trash Talk” by Sam Logan.
Find more from the authors at mariscapichette.com and samloganwrites.com.
Get Lunatics Merch here. Join the discussion on Discord. Check out Abby's book Horror Stories. Available in eBook and paperback. Music by Michaela Papa, Alan Kudan & Jordan Moser. Poster Art by Pilar Keprta @pilar.kep.

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This week Abby sits down with Kate Rotunda to discuss the vast and unnerving history of mirrors. 
Get Lunatics Merch here. Join the discussion on Discord. Check out Abby's book Horror Stories. Available in eBook and paperback. Music by Michaela Papa, Alan Kudan & Jordan Moser. Poster Art by Pilar Keprta @pilar.kep.
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Today we are bringing you 6 hometown urban legends straight from our listeners.
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Get Lunatics Merch here. Join the discussion on Discord. Check out Abby's book Horror Stories. Available in eBook and paperback. Music by Michaela Papa, Alan Kudan & Jordan Moser. Poster Art by Pilar Keprta @pilar.kep.
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This week Abby and Alan sit down with Dan Roberts to discuss the history of The Babysitter and The Man Upstairs urban legend and When A Stranger Calls (1979). 
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Get Lunatics Merch here. Join the discussion on Discord. Check out Abby's book Horror Stories. Available in eBook and paperback. Music by Michaela Papa, Alan Kudan & Jordan Moser. Poster Art by Pilar Keprta @pilar.kep.
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